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Title: Five Minutes' Stories

Author: Mrs. (Mary Louisa) Molesworth

Illustrator: W. J. Morgan

Release Date: July 18, 2010 [EBook #33196]

Language: English

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FIVE MINUTES' STORIES.

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FIVE MINUTES STORIES

By

MRS MOLESWORTH

AUTHOR
OF
CARROTS
ETC.

TWELFTH THOUSAND.

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London:
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, CHARING CROSS, W.C.
43 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C.
BRIGHTON: 135 NORTH STREET.
NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.

RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON AND BUNGAY.

CONTENTS.

PAGE.

ABDALLAH THE UNHAPPY 9

FIFINE AND HER CAT 14

THE LONG LADDER 19

A FOUR-FOOTED GENTLEMAN 24

THE BAD FAIRY 29

THE GOBLIN FACE 35

THE LOST BROOCH 41

ONLY A BUNCH OF VIOLETS 48

A CANARY TRAGEDY 54

COO-COO'S SECOND HUSBAND 61

HARRY'S REWARD 67

BROTHERS AND MUSHROOMS 73

A REMARKABLE WATCH 81

THE BLACKBERRY ELF 88

FIVE MINUTES' STORIES.

By Mrs. MOLESWORTH.

ABDALLAH THE UNHAPPY.

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A great many years ago there dwelt in a city of the East, of which you
have never heard the name, a wise and holy man. He was highly estee